El comercio de vinos entre España e Inglaterra en la segunda mitad del siglo XVII: Problemas que plantea la construcción de una serie anual y primeros resultados

Wine became the prime commodity amongst Spanish exports to England in the seventeenth century. This article offers a review of current data and a new annual data series on Spanish wine exports to England from 1664 to 1697, derived from the London and Bristol Port Books. An analysis is offered of the changes that took place in the regional provenance of Spanish wine in those years, most notably the decline of wine from Málaga and the Canary Islands along with the rise of imports of Cádiz sherry. As outlined in this article, the main importers of Spanish wines in 1676, 1686, and 1696 were a small group of merchants that controlled this trade. Some lines of further research are suggested.